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Date:      Thu, 2 Dec 1999 22:17:51 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Tape driver problems 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912022217210.23244-100000@beppo.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <199912030239.MAA04073@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au>

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> On Thursday, 2nd December 1999, Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> >Either the aha code needs to be fixed to allow more s/g entries, or the 
> >bounce buffer code needs to be fixed to allocate things in larger chunks 
> >and thus keep fragmentation down, or we should just abandon these useless 
> >10-year-old ISA SCSI controllers and worry about more useful things. 8)
> 
> Well, I'm for changing the buffer code or the aha code, whichever makes
> the most sense at the time.  Unfortunately I don't know that bit of the
> kernel yet.  But I will eventually work it out because I have too many old
> ISA SCSI cards to take you up on your last suggestion.

See other mail. I still believe that the AHA driver should work better,
but it's a low priority item now.



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